“You’re sure you are not tired, Sweetheart? Then we can continue to do something more?” With an evil but charming smile, Ling Tianyi said to Xia Xiaoluo, who was then speechless.
In fact, Ling Tianyi only scared her because he knew that this little girl was already exhausted. But when he found her frightened out of her wits, he stopped teasing her.
Biting her lips and hanging her head in dismay, Xia Xiaoluo knew that she could not win over her. She then decided to give up.
She humbled herself before Ling Tianyi and said in tears, “I apologize. It was my fault. I should not swear at you. Neither should I mess up your apartment. But, as you have punished me for so many times, would you please be kind to let me go?”
“For all that I have destroyed in your apartment, just offer me the price. I will definitely try all my best to compensate you for your loss. I am really in need of this job, so I cannot be late. Would you please set me free, ok?” implored Xia Xiaoluo though she was totally unaware of her destructive power.
Ling Tianyi felt a little heart-rending by Xia Xiaoluo’s compromising words and her innocent face, but, he soon showed her an indifferent look and said in an ironic tone, “Pay me back? You? Then do you know how much money will all those things you have destroyed cost? They are even more expensive than you!”
“Then inform me the price. Though I cannot afford to pay for that now, I can pay you back by instalment. Anyway, I will definitely pay you back all.” said Xia Xiaoluo in a determined tone, being unaware of her words irritating the man in front of her.
His eyes blazing with anger, Ling Tianyi had never thought about her payment. However, since the little girl insisted on settling accounts with him, he then would not take it carelessly. “The sofas were privately hand-made, and they were transported from Europe by air. With taking accounts of the freight, the sofas cost at least around CNY70 million. In addition to that, the dirty carpet may cost about CNY10 million, then there was a TV, a PC…”
On hearing the prices that Ling Tianyi offered, Xia Xiaoluo was really unwilling to pay him back. How could she have expected that it would cost so much money for what she had destroyed? Unwilling to listen to him anymore, she interrupted Ling Tianyi directly and said, “You don’t bother to inform these prices one by one. Tell me how much money I should pay you back totally.”
“Fine, I make a round sum and make a discount for you. It’s 300 million in total. Calm down! It’s not US dollars. Paying me back in CNY is okay.” Finishing saying that, Ling Tianyi was waiting to watch her reaction to this exorbitant price.
Counting on her fingers for calculating her wages, Xiao Xiaoluo whispered to herself in a low voice, It’s CNY1,800 a month, then CNY20,000 a year, CNY200,000 ten years. No. It will be a little more than that after I become a regular waitress. Then, the wages will be…”
“Don’t bother to do that. As a waitress in a hotel, you can never afford it for a lifetime.” Ling Tianyi interrupted her and took her in his arms, speaking to her gently, “What about being together with me as my mistress when I am interested in you? It’s CNY100,000 a day. Making a round sum for you, then all you have to do is just to be together with me for 8 years. After that, you are done with all that money. Besides, if you’re clever and cute, I will dote on you. You can never expect how much pocket money I’ll give to you. How about it? A good deal, isn’t it?”
Pushing Ling Tianyi away, Xia Xiaoluo said, “No matter how poor I am, I will never sell myself. At present, I am paid very low wages, but I will definitely get a pay rise from the hotel if I work hard. What’s more, getting a lot of experience, I am then able to open a store to be the boss myself. So, do not underestimate me!”
Upon seeing the little girl serious expression on her face, Ling Tianyi unaccountably could not help but laughing.
“Hey, what are you laughing at?”
Shaking his head, Ling Tianyi stepped out of the bathtub. Xia Xiaoluo immediately turned away, for she did not want to see the horrid guy! Ling Tianyi seemingly also mind that. Standing in front of Xia Xiaoluo, he said, “You’re so cute! How can you come to that idea that opening a store is that so easy? CNY 300 million! Even if there were 100 Xia Xiaoluo together to work hard, they could never achieve so much money for a lifetime.”
“Then, fine! I will risk my reputation to sue you if you won’t let me go! Then you will be arrested.” Her eyes blazing with anger, Xia Xiaoluo seemed to make a firm decision.
“Sue me? I am afraid that I have managed to deal with you before you walked out of the room. By the way, you can never imagine who are my sworn friends.” Ling Tianyi was not only one of the luminaries who had powerful influences on the business circle, but he’s also in private making a bunch of sworn friends with those who are gangland members as well. His underground gang friends would help him to handle some tricky things, which was difficult for Ling Tianyi to deal with openly.
“You joined a gang?” Xia Xiaoluo’s eyes were popped. She always supposed that such a thing could only happen in TV dramas.
“Not really. I just have some acquaintances. I help them gain profits, and in turn, they are willing to do something for me.” Raising his eyebrows and with a pondering expression, Ling Tianyi fixed his eyes on Xia Xiaoluo’s astonishing look.
Biting her lip, Xia Xiaoluo stared back at Ling Tianyi, saying, “Then what do you want me to do? Whatever you say, absolutely, I will not be your mistress.”
“Don’t wanna be my mistress? Sure, then be my little pet. Frankly speaking, you’re quite to my taste. You will definitely profit if you are together with me.” While saying to Xia Xiaoluo, Ling Tianyi took the little girl in arms again.
But Xia Xiaoluo frowned on hearing his words. Turning her eyes, she deliberately said, “I will not be your mistress. Neither will be your little pet. But if you are really into me, marry me. If not, then let me go right now! From then on, you do your things and I’ll do mine. Even if we could come across with each other, we should act as if we did not see each other. It’s an either-or choice. Then make a decision!”
Xia Xiaoluo believed that this rich and powerful man would never possibly marry her. That’s why she dared to say so. She was a nobody with no money or power, not to mention talent or high academic background. These dandies from rich or honorable families, like Ling Tianyi, were usually womanizers. But, considering their marriage, they would undoubtedly choose a marriage that would bring commercial benefits. Ultimately, they would all choose daughters from families of similar backgrounds as their wives.
Annoyed by the pressure of getting married from his family, Ling Tianyi was irritated about Xia Xiaoluo’s words. He then spoke to her recklessly, “Good! Since you’re so desperate to be my wife, I have no other choices, but maybe I could then marry you.”
“Ugh! Tell me another! Yuck!” Xia Xiaoluo turned away as she was scornful about his words.
“Trust me or not! Let’s go!” without saying more words, Ling Tianyi grasped her and took her into the bedroom as if she were as light as a chicken. Throwing her a set of prepared women’s clothes, he hurried her, “Hurry up! Put on the clothes!”
After both of them finishing dressing up, Ling Tianyi took Xia Xiaoluo hand in hand downstairs to the underground parking by taking his VIP lift. Ling Tianyi pushed Xia Xiaoluo into the co-driver seat and said, “Babe, take your seat!”
“Wait, where are you going to take me?” Xia Xiaoluo felt somewhat terrified for fear that she would be kidnapped by this old goat.
“Go to get married, of course!” Ling Tianyi started his luxury roadster but he drove in a quiet slow speed due to the morning rush on the road.
“Are you kidding me? You come from a rich and honorable family. How can you make a decision on your marriage all by yourself? You parents will definitely not agree.” Xia Xiaoluo somewhat worried, for she was not willing to marry this devil guy.
“Shut up!” Annoyed by the traffic jam, Ling Tianyi did not want to listen to Xia’s prattle at all right now.
“Hey, I am totally unwilling to marry you…” Xia Xiaoluo had not even finished yet while Ling Tianyi braked sharply. Sadly, he met another red light again.
“Ouch! It hurts!” Xia Xiaoluo knocked her head on the windscreen again. “Hey, you devil! Can you drive? So bad driving! You brought your driver’s license, did you?”
Ling Tianyi flew into a rage all of a sudden, for no one ever dared to doubt his driving skills. He had never lost in any street race that he attained. “Don’t you know to fasten your seat belt while taking a car?”
“What? Isn’t it only the driver who fastens the seat belt? I am not the driver but a passenger only!” With her head in her hands, Xia Xiaoluo looked confused.
But her words made Ling Tianyi so depressed. As the president of Hua Sheng Group, he could have never expected to be her driver! Besides, how could she be so stupid without any knowledge of such common sense to fasten the seat belt! While red light was on, Ling Tianyi helped her to fasten her seat belt and said, “Keep it in mind that a passenger should also have her seat belt fastened. It’s common sense.”
Feeling a little bit embarrassed, Xia Xiaoluo explained, “Actually, I’ve never taken a private car. I always take the bus or subway, which don’t need to fasten a seat belt.”
“Marry me, then you can often take a private car. But if you forget to fasten the seat belt once again, you will be seriously punished by me,” said Ling Tianyi. Noticing the traffic light turned green, he took a deep step on the gas and continuously overtook other vehicles on the traffic jam.
“Ling Tianyi, I will not marry you!”
“It is you who let me to make a choice. I already chose to marry you.”
“I’ve not agreed yet!”
“But I agreed. It’ done.”
“No, definitely not!”
“You don’t have the right to refuse and actually you cannot succeed in refusing me. You little monkey! You could not free yourself of my control.”
“You are the monkey! It’s you, you, you!”
…
Finally, the Lamborghini Herman-edition roadster stopped at the front gate of the Bureau of Civil Affairs, the place for registering and legitimizing one’s marriage. “Get off. You don’t wait for me to open the car door for you, do you? Do you think you are worth it?”
“I do not know how to unfasten the seat belt!” said Xia Xiaoluo with an innocent expression on her face.
“You won!” Ling Tianyi helped her with the belt, saying, “Got it?”
“Yes!” nodded Xia Xiaoluo obsequiously.
“Try it again.” Ling Tianyi then fastened the belt again.
“Can’t unfasten it again!” Xia Xiaoluo was totally confused.
“You stupid! Press here and it will automatically be unlocked.” Out of patience, Ling Tianyi wondered why he would have such an ignorant wife.
“Huh, truly it opened!” Xia Xiaoluo found it so wonderful and tried over and over again. Watching the little girl playing with the belt, Ling Tianyi suddenly felt speechless as if a row of crows flying over his head.
“Enough, humph?” Ling Tianyi finally could not control himself anymore and he shouted, “If enough, then get off the car!”
“But… but I can’t open the door, either. Really, I don’t lie to you.” Touching here and there on the car door, Xia Xiaoluo did not manage to open the door.
“You’ll drive me crazy!” Leaving his driver’s seat and walking around to the co-driver’s side, Ling Tianyi opened the door and pulled Xia Xiaoluo out of his car. After that, he slammed the door as if the action would take all his rages away.
As the No.1 diamond bachelor in City A, Ling Tianyi’s appearance in the marriage registry shocked the staff there, who gave their compliments and blessings to the young couple. Receiving the compliments, Ling Tianyi looked absolutely radiant but, on the contrary, Xia Xiaoluo felt extremely depressed and was not inclining to say a word. As the business tycoon in City A, Ling Tianyi did not have to wait in queue nor curry favor with these staff. When he came to the marriage registry, all he needed to do was just sit down on the sofa and gaze at the little lovely girl sitting next to him, waiting for the staff to come over to serve them.“President Ling, congratulations!” One of the staffs whose surname was Wu was full of smiles. He was inevitably a little nervous to serve such a VIP guest for the first time. “Thank you!” Ling Tianyi took out his ID card and the copy of Xia Xiaoluo’s ID card, which was attached to her job registration form. He t
Xia Jingru repeatedly asked Xia Xiaoluo, deliberately pretending to be truly curious about her answer. But her eyes were full of sarcasm.Biting it her lip, Xia Xiaoluo could not refute Xia Jingru’s words but remain in silence. It was because she really felt guilty about what had happened to her in these days. Although she did not take a cent from Ling Tianyi, she was truly shamed at what he did to her for more than once. Sitting very close to them, Ling Tianyi heard what they were talking about. On hearing the whole conversation and finding his little monkey bullied by the two women, he clenched his fists and tended to protect her. This little girl belonged to him, thus no one but he could ever bully her. “What are you doing!”, however, a middle-aged man appeared and asked when Ling Tian was about doing that. Xia Jingru then immediately took the man’s arm. “Daddy, we met Xiaoluo. It’s so strange that she is able to afford to di
Xia Xiaoluo had been listening to the conversation between Ling Tianyi and Shen Jiani. She couldn’t withstand the fact that Shen Jiani mocked the man by her side like that. The reason was very simple—he just helped her in front of her family, so she must help him out now. Furthermore, according to what she knows about Ling Tianyi, if she didn’t stop Shen Jiani’s nonsense, she herself would suffer at last.She suddenly had her arm around Ling Tianyi’s and said to Shen Jiani seriously, “You’ll never see this joke! Because I love him from the bottom of my heart. I’ll marry him, and never leave him.”“Baby, you’re so sweet!” Ling Tianyi never thought that Xia Xiaoluo would do something like that. A trace of sweetness welled up in his heart. He gently touched her fringe and kissed her forehead. “Hum, we’ll see!” Shen Jiani laughed out loud and left with her foreign boyfriend, holding his arms.When they disappeared in sight, Xia Xiaolu
Ling Tianyi parked his luxurious limited-edition car next to a luxury clubhouse located on the outskirts of City A, which was incompatible with the surrounding area. He looked at the blazing sun outside the window, and then looked at the little girl, who was very tired with a pale face. He was a little bit regretful, for he extorted from her when he knew that she was unable to stand more.Seeing she slept tight, he changed the temperature and put his coat on her body. Now that she wanted to take a nap, he just let her sleep a little longer, because it would be a hard work for her to do the style later.Xia Xiaoluo was sleeping with her head cocked to one side, and Ling Tianyi was also busy with his work, dealing with his e-mails via the on-board computer. These days, he had spent too much time and too many efforts on her, and on the matters arranged by his family; therefore, he had accumulated piles of emails to cope with.A crisp ring tone bro
Ling Tianyi was afraid that Xia Xiaoluo would mess it up when asked by his mother, he started the introduction first, “Xiaoluo is the daughter of Xia Youfeng, the boss of Youfeng Real Estate Company. Although the company is not a big one, it has a good fame these years without any violation of law. Xiaoluo is his second daughter. She’s eighteen years old, and she’s very nice and healthy with a good look. She’s unlike those misses who’s got a bad temper.” “Good!” Ling Desheng was satisfied with his son’s introduction. Although in his heart, Xia Xiaoluo couldn’t be compared to Shen Jiani, and Youfeng Real Estate was not comparable to Shen’s Group, this girl was still pleasing to the eye. “Xiaoluo, come and take a bottle of juice. Is the outside hot?” He Meishu entertained her warmly. “It’s hot, but much cool inside.” Xia Xiaoluo was very gentle with a smile, and He Meishu felt comfortable at her look. She could never know, the girl who looked dignified and well
Although she was sometimes afraid of Ling Tianyi, Xia Xiaoluo even dared to talk back to those who were of supreme power with her stubbornness. There were belongings of her deceased mother left in the room that she had rented. No one else could ever touch all these belongings for the reason that they were the most valuable treasures of hers after she matured. While today, her treasures were depreciated as rubbish, Xia Xiaoluo flew into a great rage in a second. “Xia Xiaoluo! How dare you say that to me? Do you think that you can do whatever you want as you gonna be Mrs. Ling soon? Don’t forget what I said. I can spoil you so much as if you were in Heaven. Meanwhile, however, I’m also able to let you go to hell at any time.” After these words, Ling Tianyi slammed the cup on the desk onto the floor. Instantly, glass was broken into pieces, which made Xia Xiaoluo even madder.“This is my home! You are not welcomed! Get out of my room! Get out!” said Xia Xiaol
Just having a glance at Xia Xiaoluo, Ling Tianyi knew that she was drugged. Looking around the room, Ling Tianyi couldn’t help giving a gasp of horror. Shen Jiani called him, telling him that she found Xia Xiaoluo in the Bar. Had the damn Shen Jiani not called him, he could not have imagined what might happen to Xia Xiaoluo.“President Ling, there must be something misunderstanding! Yes, a misunderstanding! I have no idea that she is your woman. If so, I would not ever dare to touch her a finger, even if you would allow me to do so. It’s her sister who sent her to me. Great fortune! I have not yet…”Kneeling down on the floor, Bang was sure that he had offended this very important figure who was quite popular both in the business circle and the underground. “Get out!” Ling Tianyi shouted with great anger, kicking out Bang who was getting on his knees and begging for mercy. But, at this moment, Ling Tianyi did not have any time to
As expected by Ling Tianyi, Xia Youfeng and Zhu Yufen were searching for Xia Xiaoluo all over the world. Finally, they found her living in the presidential suite of Hously Hotel together with Ling Tianyi. Xia Youfeng and Zhu Yufen braced themselves to come over here. Of course, they also brought about her suitcase, which was thought about by her. Both Xia Youfeng and Zhu Yufen were obsequious with Xia Xiaoluo and Ling Tianyi, trying to butter them up. They did so for they had two purposes, namely, first and foremost, they wanted to have Ling Tianyi forgive the Xia family and Xia Jingru; secondly, they hoped Huasheng Group, owned by Ling Tianyi, would invest in You Feng Real Estate Group. Regardless of what they were talking about, Xia Xiaoluo just opened her suitcase and turned searched in it to find an old iron box. Finding it remaining intact, she took a sigh of relief and finally set her mind at rest.“Oh, emm... What did you say?” Xia Xia